Three RSL players named to national team rosters for weekend matches

SALT LAKE CITY - Real Salt Lake DF Eddie Pope and MF Chris Klein were named by U.S. Men's National Team Manager Bruce Arena's to the 20-man roster and are in San Francisco in advance of the match against fellow World Cup finalists Japan on Friday, February 10, live on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. MT. The group departed from Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday afternoon. Tickets for the match at SBC Park are still available online at ussoccer.com.

Pope, along with MF Landon Donovan, has the most experience on the current U.S. roster with 75 career caps each. Pope and Klein each provided a goal in the U.S. MNT 5-0 win over Norway at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on January 29. It was during the Norway game that Pope reached his 75th cap for the U.S. MNT while playing 83 minutes and scoring the third goal for the U.S. off an assist from fellow DF Todd Dunivant in the 67th minute.  The goal against Norway marked Pope's seventh goal of his MNT career.</p>

Klein was a second half substitute entering the game in the 77th minute for MF Pat Noonan, and notched the fifth and final goal for the U.S. MNT from a MF Landon Donovan assist in the 87th minute.  The Indiana University product notched his fourth goal for the MNT. The schedule for the U.S. MNT 2006 international friendlies leading up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany follows:

SEQUEIRA JOINING COSTA RICAN NATIONAL TEAM FOR SOUTH KOREA GAME: RSL MF Douglas Sequeira was called up to the Costa Rican National Team in preparation for a friendly match against South Korea at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, February 11, with the game scheduled to be televised on Telemundo on a one-day delay at 11:00 a.m. MT, Sunday, February 12. Sequeira was an integral part of Costa Rica qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany from CONCACAF region. The 28-year-old has played at all major levels for the Costa Rican National Team, representing his country at the U-17 (1995), U-20 (1997) world championships and during the qualifying process for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He made his debut with the full Costa Rican national team in 1999.

CABRERA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN GUATEMALA'S BOUT WITH THE U.S. MNT: Although RSL DF Gustavo Cabrera was invited by his National Team, he will not participate in Guatemala's friendly against the U.S. Men's National Team at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas on Sunday, February 19 at 12:00 p.m. MT. Cabrera has been a member of the Guatemala National Team since 1999 and has started in defense for the past six years. He was first spotted by the national team as a youth in 1997 and was asked to join the U-17 Guatemala National Team, and soon became a force in the back earning duties with U-19 and U-23 teams prior to getting his call up to RSL's senior team.

MLS CAMPS: The Official Camp and Clinic of Major League Soccer is NOW the Official Camp & Clinic of Real Salt Lake! NEW for 2006, Fantasy Camp and focused Team Training experiences. To find out more about all of RSL's Youth Development Programs, call Scott Reynolds at (801) 924-8575 or by email at SReynolds@RealSaltLake.com. To partner with RSL to host MLS Camps in your community, call us today.

PURCHASE THE NEW 2006 RSL "HIGH-FIVE" PACK: RSL yesterday announced its latest ticket plan option, the "High-Five" pack. Fans can now purchase a premium level seat on the East side of Rice-Eccles stadium for five of the 2006 season games plus receive one RSL T-shirt and a full 3x5 RSL Flag with the package ($30 value) for $125. The "High-Five" pack includes our Home Opener against the MetroStars on Saturday, April 15, both ESPN2 broadcast games against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, April 29 and Rocky Mountain rivals Colorado Rapids on Saturday, May 27, and RSL's two Fireworks Spectaculars against Chivas USA on Tuesday, July 4 (Independence Day) and FC Dallas on Saturday, July 22 (Pioneer Day). You can purchase the "High-Five" pack by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER.

2006 RSL SEASON, MINI-PLAN AND FLEX TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE: The RSL 2006 season ticket package features 20 games, including all 16 MLS regular season games and four special bonus games. Real Salt Lake's season ticket pricing remains level with the 2005 prices, and consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in five price levels. Prices for the 2006 season ticket packages are $200 adult ($180 youth) for the North Goal, $300 adult ($240 youth) for the Corner Flag, $400 ($320 youth) for East Sideline, $500 ($400 youth) for VIP and $1,000 ($1,000 youth) Club seats.

The 2006 half season plan features 10 games (to be announced once the MLS 2006 schedule is announced), including nine MLS regular-season games and one special bonus game. Real Salt Lake's mini-plan ticket pricing consists of Youth (15 and younger) and Adult in four price levels. Prices for the 2005 mini-plan season ticket packages are $130 adult ($110 youth) for the North Goal, $180 adult ($150) for the Corner Flag, $220 adult ($180 youth) for East Sideline and $300 adult ($230 youth) for VIP seats.

To add more options for fans, RSL is also offering the flex season ticket package, which is comprised of twenty vouchers of the same price category (North Goal, Corner Flag, Premium and VIP) that allows the purchaser to determine which games they would like to see in the regular reason and how many tickets needed for that game. Prices for the 2005 Flex Package are $280 for the North Goal, $340 for the Corner Flag, $440 for the East Sideline and $560 for the VIP seats. Tickets can be redeemed in the following way: one could use all the vouchers and bring 20 people to one game or 4 people could attend five games. Flex vouchers are discounted from the day of game pricing making it an even greater value.

All tickets can be purchased by visiting the RSL Ticket Office at 515 South 700 East, #2R, SLC, UT 84102, by logging onto www.RealSaltLake.com or by contacting the Real Salt Lake Ticket Office at (866) 9-SOCCER.

ACCESS REAL: Real fans can now receive up-to-date information on the team by signing up for the RSL Weekly Newsletter at the fans section of RealSaltLake.com.